[whatwg] Mathematics in HTML5

[James Graham]

White Lynx wrote:
> Dan Brickley wrote:
>> It would also be both considerate and sensible 
>> (if anyone does want to undertake such a task) to talk to the 
>> MathML folks first.
> So far we are addressing problems that were invented and deployed by MathML folks.
> 
> 
But you are, apparently, assuming that the problems with MathML are a 
result of ignorance on the part of the people working on the spec. 
Perhaps there is a reason they invented a language that did not build on 
the CSS layout primitives e.g. because those layout primitives are not 
sutiable for mathematics (similar to the reason that XUL, though 
"CSS-based" employs a large number of specific CSS extensions to work in 
a sane way). You have demonstrated that CSS can provide the first 80% 
(or whatever) of what's required for laying out maths - but there seems 
to be no way forward to address the last 20%.